TF S4DK Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Jack Wilshere's agent Simon Bayliff said on Friday afternoon that the midfielder would be making the trip to Norfolk for Saturday's early evening kick-off. He wrote on Twitter: "It's been two "good news" days in a row. Doesn't happen very often. Jack travels to Norwich in the #AFC 1st team squad! Delighted." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TF S4DK Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Jack is back. All hail the saviour of English football. At least that's how it feels. That's how absence works. England stumble, drop points but Jack's on his way. Arsenal end another season without a trophy, sell Robin van Persie but there’s always Jack. Arsene Wenger, Roy Hodgson, anyone charged with projecting hope for our national game has been craving the same thing. Jack's back: English football, and Arsenal fans especially, are delighted Wilshere's fit again That thing: Jack Wilshere dominating midfield, a pass, a tackle, an explosion of pace, much as he did before 17 months without competitive action due to three different injuries. 'You're like Messi when you're injured, aren't you?' said Wilshere. 'That's fine. That's part and parcel of football. That’s what you lot do. 'It doesn’t fill me with fear. It’s nice to read when you’re out. But when you start to come back, especially in your first game, you think am I ever going to... ‘If you’d watched the West Brom Under 21 game, people were saying, "You did well" and I was thinking, "No I didn’t". But I can feel myself getting better and better every game.' Jack stepped back into the Arsenal team on October 27. There was no Gael Clichy, no Cesc Fabregas, no Samir Nasri and no Van Persie. He had stood by and watched them leave during his time injured. 'I wasn’t playing and I was more like a fan, so I know what the fans were feeling,' said Wilshere. There appears to be no burning desire to follow them. If anything his bond with the club has strengthened during his time out, but in the modern world can a footballer promise he will never leave? 'I think you can if you're happy at a club,' Wilshere replied. 'I've been at this club 10 years and to come through the academy at Hale End and break into the first team is a great story. It’s a dream. 'To have my family 20 minutes from the training ground and an hour from the stadium is perfect for me. 'Cesc wanted to go home. Home for me is Arsenal. Cesc wanted to go back to his family and friends. My family and friends are 20 minutes away. It’s perfect. 'Also to have the fans, because when I walk around my town there are a lot of Arsenal fans. It’s great. The fans still remember you in the way that you’d want. You want to feel loved and I feel loved at this club.' Old and the new: Wilshere returned to a team with some familiar faces but several new ones, too Although Wilshere made his debut four years ago at the age of 16, he is aware that his experience amounts to little more than one season in Wenger’s team. 'I think I’ve played 39 games in the Premier League, which is nothing really when you look at players like Tony Adams and how many appearances they made,’ he said. 'That's something I want to do.' Adams played 669 times for the Gunners and his statue at the Emirates is in a pose he struck after a goal which helped clinch the title in 1998. More than eight years have passed since Arsenal’s last Premier League crown, seven since the FA Cup, their last trophy, but the targets do not change. 'Our ambition every year is to challenge for the Premier League title. If we didn’t think we could do that, we would be under-achieving. 'People might say we’re a long way off — and the table doesn’t lie, we are a few points behind — but we know what we have to do. We know we can’t afford to drop points. 'To see your top players go, like Cesc and Nasri, is hard, but if you lose a player like Cesc and you get a player like Santi Cazorla, they’re similar. Cazorla is a top player and the same with Mikel Arteta. If he was English he’d be the first on the team-sheet. 'It’s hard to see players go but when you see others coming in like Lukas Podolski with over 100 caps for Germany, they’re still top players. It’s nice to come back into a team with top players.’ Rough and tumble: Since his return for an hour against QPR (below), Wilshere has taken a few hits Jack was back in hospital this week at London’s Great Ormond Street to open the Arsenal lung function unit funded by more than £800,000 raised by Arsenal during the 2009-10 season. Since his last visit, a cramped, cluttered and out-of-date unit, where most testing was performed in the corridors, has been transformed into spacious new labs with gleaming hi-tech equipment. Wilshere meets Harry McIntyre, an 11-year-old young Gooner with cystic fibrosis and swells with pride at the fund-raising efforts of his club. The players donate a day's wages each year to good causes and through the Arsenal Foundation last year Wilshere and Carl Jenkinson carried donation buckets around the Emirates - and into the dressing rooms - competing to collect the most. 'Yeah, I won,' nods Wilshere. He is a winner, blessed with fierce determination and familiar with the emotions of those who put their faith in medical science. At the age of 19, his career hung in the balance as he prepared for a delicate operation to pin a stress fracture in his right ankle. 'Thank God the surgery went well. They put two pins through the talus. They didn’t want to do that at first because it’s such a small bone it could have shattered or anything. The surgeon (James Calder) was great, I owe him everything really, him and the physios and fitness team at Arsenal.' The problem emerged near the end of his breakthrough season and he hobbled home after an England game in June 2011. 'I had a kick on my left ankle but I had this pain in my right ankle. The physio asked if I was all right. I said it was a kick and had four weeks off and that I’d be OK.' Wilshere reported for pre-season training and played the first half against Boca Juniors in the Emirates Cup at the end of July but did not feel quite right when he started against New York Red Bulls the following day. He lasted only seven minutes. It was confirmed as a stress fracture and he spent two months in a boot before another scan showed the bone was not mending. 'It is hard, especially when you get setbacks,' Wilshere admitted. 'By January I was running again. Then I picked up another stress fracture, totally different from the first one. It was a stress response in the heel, in the calcaneus.' He bends and points to the different parts of his right ankle. He has become something of an expert. 'You’re on Google, researching everything.' Another setback, when tendinitis flared in his knee when he started to play again, forced him to write off the season, including Euro 2012. Among those he consulted was Alan Shearer, who suffered badly from tendinitis. Shearer told him to be patient and get it right. 'I was in the gym all summer,' said Wilshere. 'I had one week off, when I went on holiday but I was in six days a week from May through to June and then into pre-season. 'My core and body-strength have probably improved more than 100 per cent and I’m still doing all that work. It’s something I’ve got to keep on top of. 'The physios know what they’re talking about. They got a lot of stick, saying I should be back, but if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be back now.' Jack knew he was back when Reading’s Danny Guthrie crunched into him in an Under 21s game before the long-awaited first-team comeback in October against Queens Park Rangers. 'The first hit is always important,' said Wilshere. 'It's more for your head than anything else.' He survived the impact and another hefty blow against Schalke. The new, stronger body is looking good and the mind has matured since his injury. Son Archie, who was one in September, has played a major role here, helping Wilshere to cope with some of the darker corners of his 17 months out and keep him on the road to recovery. 'The toughest thing is mentally to stay on track,' Wilshere said. 'When you’re off for so long and not playing football you can go off the rails in all sorts of ways. 'To have him around was a massive bonus. If he wasn’t there, I don’t know what I’d have done, really. It wasn’t like I was a party animal. I wasn’t out all the time. 'But when you’ve a son, you don’t want to leave him, so that does help. I didn’t expect to be around for the first year but I was at home for the first couple of months and it worked out quite well in that respect. No fear: Wilshere more than proved himself against the planet's finest before his injury 'I'd do a few nights where I’d stay up with him, I’d be playing FIFA, but when I got back to training and playing it was a bit different.' Jack is back in the England squad, a call-up which did not go down terribly well with Wenger, who envisaged an extended break for the 20-year-old banned from the game against Fulham after a red card at Manchester United. 'I'm grateful to Roy for picking me,’ said Wilshere. ‘It’s a massive confidence boost to know you’re part of his plans. It seems everyone is building up my return, saying I’m going to be this and I’m going to be that, but if you look around the squad, there’s young Raheem Sterling coming through and they’re all ball players. 'People saying "Jack this, Jack that, he’s the only one with technique". I think if you look a lot deeper you find players who can compete with the best in the world. It bodes well for the future. 'Even the centre backs coming through — Chris Smalling is good on the ball, Phil Jones can play in midfield. I missed so much football that I just want to play every game now, but I’ve got to be sensible. 'Now is like a pre-season for me and you don’t want to be playing too many games. It’s normally where you get all the rust out and for me there’s no hiding place. 'I've played at the Emirates in front of 60,000, then at Old Trafford, then at Schalke. These are big stages but I’m relishing it. I want to get back to where I was, playing week-in, week-out. 'There’s nothing in my body telling me I can’t play Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday. It’s just a matter of getting the games and being able to cope.' Jack is back and he’s making up for lost time. Look out Lionel Messi. The event marked ‘one month to go’ until Arsenal’s dedicated charity matchday for The Arsenal Foundation against West Bromwich Albion on December 8, when Jack will join other first team players and the manager in donating a day’s wages to fund more projects that transform young people’s lives. For further information visit www.arsenal.com/thearsenalfoundation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacksbranning Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Finishing fourth just isn’t good enough JACK WILSHERE has told Arsenal he wants silverware — not just a top-four Premier League place. Boss Arsene Wenger has stated he regards regular Champions League qualification as a successful season. But England midfielder Wilshere wants to look back on a career marked by medals. It has been seven years since the Gunners lifted a trophy, a stat that bothers the 20-year-old star. He said: “We know how desperate the fans are as well for a trophy and, trust me, the players want silverware. “When you look back on your career, you don’t think: ‘Ah right, we finished fourth every year’. You say: ‘What have we won?’ And that’s what you want to do. “Our aim every season is to challenge for the Premier League which we continue to do so week-in and week-out. We wouldn’t be Arsenal FC if we wanted any less.” But Wilshere admitted that the league title could already be out of reach for another year with the Londoners now nine points adrift of leaders Manchester United. He said: “We’re in a position where it could take a minor miracle to do that. We know what we’ve got to do, we can’t drop any points now. “We have to focus on every game, we need three points from every game and treat every game as a cup final. We can’t afford to slip up in any game.” Wilshere has only just emerged from the darkest spell of his career, having watched from the sidelines all of last term. He suffered a recurrence of an ankle problem in a Euro qualifier for England against Switzerland in June 2011 and his next competitive game was the 1-0 win over QPR 14 days ago. Wilshere was sent off in his next game against Manchester United — ensuring a suspension for today’s home clash with Fulham — while he completed his first 90 minutes against Schalke in Germany on Tuesday. Boss Wenger insists prospective signings always ask whether Arsenal are in Europe and are not interested about England’s cup competitions. Realistically, though, Wilshere knows the cups remain Arsenal’s only hope. The Capital One Cup draw for the quarter-finals has certainly been kind, with a tie at League Two Bradford on December 11. Until then, Arsenal have some massive games which will shape their season. And it is vital Wilshere is able to make a contribution, even though his physical state will be monitored closely by the club’s medical staff. Although he will sit out today due to the one-game ban, boss Wenger is understandably annoyed that Wilshere has been selected for England. He may only play 45 minutes against Sweden but will not return home from Stockholm until the early hours of Thursday and, just two days later, he will presumably start in the North London derby against Spurs. Just four days later and Wilshere will have another huge game — at home to Montpellier as Arsenal look to sort out their Euro form after they managed just one point from a possible six against Schalke. Most pleasing for Wenger will be the fact Wilshere has been Arsenal’s best player in the three games. Most worrying is that other players are not doing so well. One of those is skipper Thomas Vermaelen. The Belgian defender has delivered some below-par displays for Arsenal, including during the 2-1 loss at Manchester United seven days ago. Vermaelen was slammed for making a mistake which led to Robin van Persie’s opener at Old Trafford. Wenger admitted: “The error of Vermaelen was unwelcome. The big defenders don’t make those errors.” Ironically, Vermaelen has taken over the Arsenal captaincy from Van Persie and Wenger believes the new role has been a factor in the player’s poor form. The manager added: “You put more pressure on yourself when you are the captain. “You want to be the best player in the team. But you cannot be a defender and not make a mistake. “He is a guy who is completely involved in the game, he breathes his football from morning until night. He thinks about it and wants to do well. “Physically he is outstanding. I think what has happened to him in recent weeks has affected his confidence. Overall, physically, he has no problem.” Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4636836/Jack-Wilshere-Finishing-fourth-just-isnt-good-enough.html#ixzz2Bo9bTviC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seydou Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Can someone fish out quotes from Henry, Clichy, Nasri, Cesc and Rvp saying similar sh*t. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless-Guy Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 its different with him, one can only hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O Fenomeno Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I don't think it is He supports West Ham for one City/Man Utd are offering you 200k a week/chance to win medals your not saying no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless-Guy Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 well hopefully theo sets a good example bit worrying jack saying he wants him to stay cos hes one of the english lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroman Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 well hopefully theo sets a good example bit worrying jack saying he wants him to stay cos hes one of the english lads lol @ set an example Theo is definitely gone. Mark my words. When last did a players contract run out this low and signed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Luv Doc Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 well hopefully theo sets a good example bit worrying jack saying he wants him to stay cos hes one of the english lads lol @ set an example Theo is definitely gone. Mark my words. When last did a players contract run out this low and signed? Risicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroman Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 well hopefully theo sets a good example bit worrying jack saying he wants him to stay cos hes one of the english lads lol @ set an example Theo is definitely gone. Mark my words. When last did a players contract run out this low and signed? Risicky He had been bent for how long now? No club was even showing interest based on his appearance or game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerser Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Young jacks back Young jacks back got all these bitches screaming that young Jacks back! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 In Dubai chilling... The ankle is back..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp* Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Season done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Somalian Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 In Dubai resting seeing how things go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless-Guy Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 goodbye 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gattsu Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 oh fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF S4DK Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wilshere is out with an inflamed ankle, on the , not the where he was injured [before] and he will be out for three weeks. He will not be available for Munich, for Swansea and not for the England games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gattsu Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 wenger is a known liar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Rollins Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Knows we're not winning tomorrow, can play Rosicky against Swansea and no playing him in the WC qualifiers. He needs a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anelka Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thoughts on Wilshere? Where does our Jack rank among some of the other top young talents in the world (23 and under) Veratti / Oscar / Thiago / Kroos / Isco / Draxler / Gotze / Hazard / Gundogan etc It's been difficult for the lad since his breakthrough season with us, as he missed the following season.. Personally i would like to see him used higher up the pitch and in the wide areas (particularly on the right, cutting in) He's got the talent to unlock defenses and get goals / assists Hopefully this season he can stay fit and really be our key man in midfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 He had a shit season....there is no denying that. A really good thing is his hype has dyed down drastically, at least he can focus on his game without the added pressure. If he stays injury free this season I really cant see why he cant be top 3 in the league in his position... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkman Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 My thoughts haven't changed on him. Will be one of the best players in the world if he stays injury free He should only play centrally imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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